Given how little is taught about ME/CFS in medical school curricula, how very few medical providers are knowledgeable about the disease, and how many Arizonans suffer from it (24,000 to 54,000 Arizonans, per the National Academy of Medicine), it’s critically important that southern Arizona doctors be educated on ME/CFS, for the local community and the wider national community of people with ME/CFS who need a stronger pool of doctors to partner with.